Date Sun 28th March 1976 (UTC) Sun 28th March 1976 (Local)
Timestamp 1976-03-28T00:00:00
Time 00:00:00 UTC
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League Formula 1
Season 1976
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3
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Location Long Beach Street Circuit
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Description The 1976 United States Grand Prix West was a Formula One motor race held on March 28, 1976, in Long Beach, California. The race was the third round of the 1976 Formula One season and the first new race to be added to the calendar since the Brazilian and Swedish Grand Prix were added in 1973. It was the second Formula One race held in California, the first being the 1960 United States Grand Prix at Riverside, only 50 miles away. The race was held over 80 laps of the 3.251-kilometre street circuit for a total race distance of 260 kilometres.
The race was won by Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni in a Ferrari 312T by 42 seconds over team mate and championship points leader, Austrian driver Niki Lauda. French driver Patrick Depailler finished third driving a Tyrrell 007.
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1 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:53:18.471
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari +42.414
3 Depailler Tyrrell-Ford +49.972
4 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra +1:12.828
5 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford +1:22.292
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford +1 lap
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford +1 lap
8 Chris Amon Ensign-Ford +2 laps
9 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo +3 laps
10 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford +3 laps
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